"THOSE UNFORGETTABLE YEARS…".

THOSE UNFORGETTABLE YEARS…

Урок английского языка «Незабываемые годы»

Учитель:КолмаковаО.В.

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?"  ~Eve Merriam

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.  ~Napoleon

What do you know about the Great Patriotic War?

• 1. When was it started? When was it finished ?
• 2. What country invaded the Soviet Union? Who was the leader?
• 3. How many people became the victims of this war?
• 4. What heroes of the war do you know?
• 5. What date commemorates the victory?

The first hours of war

• It was 4 o’clock. Early morning on June 22nd, 1941, 190 divisions of fascist Germany, about 4,300 tanks; 47,260 guns and mortars; 55 million officers and men invaded the USSR without a declaration of war. During the very first hours of attack over 1 million German bombers started bombing Soviet cities and towns. In the first months of the war the Nazis had more tanks and aircraft than the Red Army.

In March, 1941 the aim of Hitler was to exterminate the 30 million of the Soviet Union population.

By the beginning of the war there were almost 5 million soldiers in the Soviet Army troops.

• During the war 29 million 850 thousand people were involved. By the end of the war there were only 11 million 390 thousand people left in the army and in the Navy.

So the price of our today’s happiness is 23 million 11 thousand 200 people!!!!!!!

Wait for me and I’ll return. Dear one, only wait When the leaves of autumn burn Round our garden gate. Wait when winter winds blow free Wait through summer’s sun Other may forgotten be Ere the fight is won. But when days that and less creep Bring no word from me Still your lonely vigil keep Dear one, wait for me………..

The Stalingrad Battle

• The Stalingrad Battle began on July 17. It was the greatest battle.
• The people defended every street, every building

In letters of the defenders of Stalingrad there are words:

“ We have decided to defend Stalingrad with our lives. At Stalingrad we are defending our Motherland and everything dear to us, everything that makes life worth living. Here at Stalingrad the question is being decided whether the Soviet people will remain free or not…»

On February 2, 1943 the Stalingrad Battle ended in a brilliant victory for the Soviet troops.

Ninety-one thousand soldiers, officers headed by Field Marshal Paulus were taken prisoner.

Tell me, comrade Was it in 41 st That you crossed the river And rescued our gun? In 41 st That cold November Perhaps it was But don’t remember

The siege of Leningrad

The first weeks of the war the Germans tried to capture Leningrad.

They surrounded Leningrad.

They had bombed out schools, hospitals, building and houses, food stuff stores.

The siege of Leningrad lasted 900 days.

For 900 days wounded Leningrad held out heroically defying the superior forces of the enemy.

More than 600 000 people, children died during the blockade.

Tell me, comrade, When did you get That wound, whose scar You carry yet. I’d be glad to say, But I can’t recall. Too many wounds…. To remember them all…. Unforgettable Years…

Zina Portnova

Zina and her parents lived in Obol.

Her father worked at a big plant and her mother had a job in an office.

Zina was a schoolgirl. During the war Zina became a scout. She was very observant and brought a lot of useful information .

But once she was sent to get in touch with those members of the YUnd organization who remained alive. On her way she was stopped by the disertir and taken to the Obol Gestapo for questioning. The girl was taken to prison and savagely beaten. The Nazis wanted to find out all about the partisans, their hiding-place and so on, but they couldn’t make her talk.

Zina was taken to a special room for interrogation; the captain struck her on the chest and the blow threw her backwards. She hit her head against the wall. Suddenly the German heard a car outside, he came to the window. Zina took the revolver and fired at him, then another officer. She dashed out of the room and ran. The German soldiers ran after her. They got her on the very bank of the river.

She was shot near a small pine-tree on a cold January morning in 1944.

Volodya Kaznacheev

Volodya was a good miner and he put into the slope 8 echelons.

He got in touch with partisans, provided them important information, hung up the sheets.

The fascists put the

prize for the partisan’s head. They didn’t know that his brave enemy was a young boy.

Volodya was rewarded by

Lenin’s order, medal

« Partisan of Patriotic war »

Marat Kazey

The monument to the young hero was established in Minsk.

Marat was honored the Hero of the USSR for his daring and courage.

Lenya Golikov

L e nya Golikov lived in a village that stood near the bank of the river Polo.

His father was a raftsmen and his mother worked on the farm.

Lyonya had two sisters.

It was in August 1942.

A group of scouts and Lyonya were lying in ambush and expecting to come German troops. They spent the whole night but nothing happened.

But suddenly Lyonya noticed a car in the distance. He dashed back and hid near the bridge behind a pile of stones. a submachine-gun.

Lyonya fired but missed; he run after him.

When the car came closer to the bridge and slowed down to cross it, he threw a grenade at it. There was an explosion .

The German stopped and fired a short burst from his submachine-gun. The boy fell, took off his heavy boots and started running barefoot. Lyonya fired and the German was dead. He took the German’s gun and the red bag and brought those things to the camp. There were the important documents, very important information which was sent off to Moscow.

So the Pioneer Lyonya Golikov became Hero of the Soviet Union.

Vitya Homenko

• Vitya Homenko was born in Nikolaev and studied in the school № 5. Today you can see the commemoration board on the building of the school.
• In 1958 the Museum of Vitya Homenko was opened in this school. It holds all the materials about the activity of the young intelligence agent.

His memory is perpetuated in the names of the library, street of Nikolaev and one of the ships. There is a monument to Vitya in Nikolaev which was built with the means of pupils of the whole Ukraine.

Yuta Bondarovskaya

Yuta Bondarovskaya was a messenger, then served in intelligence.

She wore boy’s clothes to get the information about the fascists’ settlements, about their armaments etc .

Valya Kotik

• Valya Kotik was also one of the children – heroes of that war.
• He was awarded several medals and decorations.
• Valya was posthumously given the honorary title of the Soviet Union Hero.

Galya Komleva

She wrote leaflets and distributed them among the villagers.

Fascists found and caught her. Galya spent two months in Gestapo.

The Day of Victory

The 9th of May 1945 is in the people’s memory and hearts. Time will not take that historical day away from us.

The 9th of May is the great day. It is the wonderful holiday. It is the national holiday and at the same time a very personal.  

I believe that we are excited on V-day, especially when we meet war veterans.

The name of war heroes will live in our memory forever.

Remember!!!

Through the years, through the centuries,

Remember!!!

Those who will never come again,

Remember!!!

Until our hearts are beating-

Remember!!!

The price of our happiness

Remember!!!

Those unforgettable years…..  

• War does not determine who is right - only who is left.  ~Bertrand Russell
• I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?"  ~Eve Merriam
• A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.  ~Napoleon
• War makes thieves and peace hangs them.  ~George Herbert
• You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.  ~Jeanette Rankin
• Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.  ~Carl Sandburg
• In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.  ~José Narosky
• War! that mad game the world so loves to play.  ~Jonathan Swift
• I think war might be God's way of teaching us geography.  ~Paul Rodriguez